Where does “rödbeta” come from?
rödbeta (Swedish) comes from Swedish beta, from Swedish bete, from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
rödbeta (Swedish): beetroot
Ancestry of “rödbeta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | beta | beta; the Greek letter Β, β; a beta version of a... |
| 2 | Swedish | bete | bait; what an animal eats when grazing; tusk |
| 3 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 4 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 5 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 8 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 9 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |